Asilomar Sunset - March 5, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Fifty years and still a doll 03-31-09
For those of you who are, or were, Barbie fans. I was not, but then I was all of 20 fifty years ago and a doll myself!!
The news reported last month that Mattel's Barbie doll turned 50 years old. AARP Magazine couldn't ignore that and did an article about how Barbara Millicent Roberts fits into the AARP demographic:http://tinyurl.com/b7m4brTo shake off a midlife crisis at 50, Barbie gets tattooed:http://tinyurl.com/c6rjs2And, finally, a Brazilian artist did a rendition of what Barbie would really look like at age 50. http://collectingbuzz.com/barb/barbnew.jpg
Borrowed from Antiques & Collecting Newsletter Volume 13, Number 9
April 1, 2009 http://collectingbuzz.com/
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Terry Grant quilt from TCQC 03-29-09
"Judith's Garden" Terry Grant 2005 21"W x 28"L
Commercial Cotton Fabrics, inkjet printed fabrics, fused applique, machine quilted.
Terry created this piece in 2005 for a guild challenge on the theme "The Unexpected". The original title was "Judith's garden was unexpectedly successful this year". A part of the challenge required the use of one of the printed floral fabrics designed by Jane Sassaman. Using additional Jane Sassaman floral prints, Terry individually cutout the floral motifs to combine into a new floral design.
The figure of Judith is Terry's own design, created in Illustrator and inkjet printed onto cotton fabric. The fused composition was layered and machine stitched and quilted. This piece was the first place winner in the challenge competition and one of the pieces Terry has most enjoyed making in all of her quilt making experience.
Cancer has had a devastating impact on Terry's family and she was proud to donate this piece to the 2008 FFAC Invitational Reverse Auction to help raise funds for the American Cancer Society.
Terry Grant has a degree in art and was a painter and printmaker before turning her attention to fabric art. Her work has appeared in several books and magazines and has been exhibited at the Houston International Quilt Festival, Quilt Expo in Lyon, France, The Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters in Seattle and numerous regional and local shows. One of her quilts traveled with "Fine Focus '06", a national juried show of small format art quilts. Terry and her husband live in Beaverton, OR, where she has her own lovely garden and a cute and happy grandgirl.
I purchased this quilt from the FFAC Invitational Reverse Auction and feel I was lucky to capture it. Although it was shown on my blog last April while hanging at the desert house, I feel that it is appropriate for the spring season after the difficult winter endured by much of the USA.
I will still be on 'sabbatical' into the coming week. Be sure to check back next Sunday. Love, Del
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